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Jackie Robbinson
First African american to play Major Leauge baseball. He impacted many and influenced more african americans to do baseball. -
Athlete of the year
Jim Konstantly was the baseball athlete of the year in 1950. -
Female athlete of the year
Babe Didrikson Zaharias, for Golf. She was a very great female golf player. -
The Rose Bowl
Ohio state and Oregon attracted 98,202 fans. -
Hockey
hockey started becoming popular. -
Rocky Marciano
Enjoyed a historic boxing career. which ran from 1952-1956. he was one of the best. -
Muhammad Ali
He started taking over boxing. -
Rome Summer Games
the olympics was first hosted. -
The Berlin Wall
Millions of people escaped the Eastern Bloc through Berlin. By 1961, the Soviets and East Germans had enough. In order to prevent further escape, and to keep the professional classes trapped, they built a wall. -
Martin Luther King
Martin Luther King had his "I had a dream" speech. And it was about calling an end to all rasicm. It was a defining moment of the American Civil Rights movement. -
JFK Assasinated
He made a campaing that swung through Dallas, TX.
where he was assasintated on this day. -
Jerseys Colors
They decided who would wear colors and who would wear whites on games. white is for home, and colors is away. -
NFL
First national football leauge game happened. -
The Tet Offensive
The Johnson Administration promised the United States was winning the Vietnam War. On January 31, 1968, the enemy launched a massive offensive. They attacked every major city in South Vietnam and focused on command and control centers. The offensive appeared on American television. That is what the communist commanders wanted. They hoped to influence American public opinion to get them to abandon the war. -
The Moon
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first two to walk on the lunar surface while Michael Collins orbited the moon. Several moon landings followed. Since 1972, no one has returned. The world has lost nearly 40 years dawdling over the space program.
